A light earthquake magnitude 4.78 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: hv70863117. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19072050, hv70863117. The 4.78-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:55:13 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.31 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 10:55:13 / March 13, 2019 @ 10:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 6.31 km, -155.2023315° West, 19.3203335° North.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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